Good answer I make similar plays that feel good in the mo and I would be interested in that to. Do you have a solver?

@BobbyPeru

Solved that hand actually and it strongly prefers the sizings I took, OTR as well we're supposed to shove our sets, straights and best bluffs like TT or T9. AA or AK are mostly checking back vs an optimally playing opponent. I'm using GTO+

Nice. I think solver expects UTG b/c range to hit that board with many sets and 2pr combos. I've been looking into solvers. Not sure if I should go with SGTO or GTO+.

What do you mean by UTG b/c range? OTF he can't have any 2p really, only 2p he has on the river can be KQs really, 76s should never really get there. I like GTO+, it's cheap, efficient, you can play vs solution (as a bot). Maybe it's a bit less intuitive and less prettier than PIO but it does its job.

I meant utg 3b call range my bad.

I've been having fun with Simple GTO but if GTO+ has free trial I'll give it a spin.

Well it still has not any 2p on that board. It's pretty narrow, some higher pockets, middle pockets with some freq, better broadawys.

Yup, just KQ. Not trying to argue with you bro just trying to understand why the solver likes the shove, chill.

Sorry, didn't try to sound offensive Maybe the lack of emotes caused this post to sound so negative, but it really is not! Just wanted to clarify that and to be honest, I really don't know the full explanation behind the shove being chosen so willingly by the solver.

I figured I'll make a small update, since I sit at home anyway since Corona appears to be way more dangerous than it was for me in the beginning. Also took 1 week holiday at work because of that and trying to be a responsible citizen and stay at home until it wears off.

Poker-wise it's somewhat ok, I'm playing nl25 and today felt very very soft, mostly because of the anniversary SM probably, but still, I feel that I'm playing wiser, folding more, not thinking much about the spots where "someone could be bluffing here". Sticking to my ranges, playing solid strategy and hoping it will pay off in the near future.

Some interesting hands from today:

H1: Versus a somewhat nitty reg, can't really find any bluffs in there



H2: I guess we can just bet flop, but I like to have some fds in there from time to time, his sizing OTR just tells me he doesn't have it there and I can credibly rep Tx



H3: An OK hand to barrel I think, river is tricky I thought about a sizing that could valuebet a 7x as well, but idk if it makes sense, any ideas?



H4: Very bad combo and runout to bluff I guess, but he checked...What could I do




Looking forward to your thoughts, will probably establish myself finally on the NL25, feels like I am much calmer in general so it's all looking good but still a lot of work to do. GL and stay safe and healthy!

***March Summary ***

Hello, you probably thought I gave up, but it's not even close. It felt like this month lasted forever, because of the whole corona virus situation, staying at home etc. Perfect time to grind if you ask me. So firstly, let's take a look at the goals I set for myself for this month and how it went:

• Staying in the nl25z pool[X-]
• At least 30k hands[X]
• 5evbb/100+[-]
• 3 spots in GTO+ at least[X]

Let's start with the first goal which was staying in the pool. This month was so long, that I honestly don't remember how many times in overall I dropped and got back up to nl25. I'd say around 7-8 times in total taking a shot at the stakes. In the end, I am playing nl25 since a week now already, so let's say I kind of achieved that goal of staying in the pool. I was playing nl16 also, seems like a really good, soft limit, but because of the leaderboard promo, the pool was very small and it made more sense to play nl10 or nl25. Fun fact is I actually got very lucky and made $100 one day because of the leaderboard promotion.

One thing I always will have an ease with is the volume, just love to clicking those hands (we'll get to this later) so 30k was probably waaay too low of an actual challenge. I played around 82k hands this month, mostly because of working from home (it's still 8hrs/day job) and mostly because I played 4 tables of zoom. I like the fact that I don't have problems with putting in the volume, but I slowly realize the fact, that it's pointless to play that many hands very poorly and it would be much better to play less, but better. It all comes down to being more humble, letting go of my ego and finally focusing more on each hand and thinking it through while playing as much as I can, using the all knowledge and skills I learned in the past. That means that for this month (and probably further) I will be playing max 2 tables of zoom to work on my decisions quality (Thank you Giovanni <3). Better soon then never to realize some things. I was playing loose passive style for way too long and it really, finally got to me how much rake is impacting our preflop strategy and how much tighter should I be to make it easier for myself basically to play my whole range. I always talked myself into that mindset of playing wide, because I'm better postflop, I will be able to manouver properly etc, but as I said, this has to end and last few days I already incorporated some changes and will try to change my style from something like 26/20 to 22/18 which is already doing great things.

Those are the detailed results from this month:



As you already see, the winrate goal was failed miserably, because I'm weaker player than I anticipated, still make a lot of pointless spazzes in 3b pots and was playing way too wide incompetently, so it didn't work out as planned, but the goal stays. I will beat nl25 with this or better WR finally.

I am really glad with my learning, I like lurking into GTO+, looking at the play in theory, playing with some node locking, thinking why solver does this or that basically. Obviously I would like to use it more efficiently and put in more work, but I am fine with my studying for now, marking hands, looking at them later, watching some RIO videos since it's free for a month, constantly seeking for other good content and basically taking in everything I can.

So, the goals for the next month would be similar actually:

• Staying in the nl25z pool[]
• At least 40k hands[]
• 5evbb/100+[]
• 3 spots a week in GTO+ at least[]
• Playing only 2 tables of zoom[]

Bankroll: $904
Hands: 186248/300000

And of course, the graph:




Hopefully, next month will be better and I will incorporate everything I talked about above. Good luck to you all here grinders and let's crush!

Hey, mate.

You're welcome! Thank you for all your help too! You're a great guy and I'm sure you'll be succeded in your poker life. I'm happy to see that you know how to deal with moving up/down and also that you are not confused about how this game really works. This is a sign that you're a good player.

As a low volume guy, I have to say that I like your new strategy hehehehehe. I mean, we don't want to make money now, right? We want to learn the game and get used to do really solid decisions every hand possible.

GL!

***April Summary ***

A little bit delayed, because I've treated a first weekend of May as April, because I didn't play last week of April almost. Anyways, here is a short summary:

• Staying in the nl25z pool[-]
• At least 40k hands[X]
• 5evbb/100+[-]
• 3 spots in GTO+ at least[X]
• Playing only 2 tables of zoom[-]

Strange month, in the beggining I lost a tonne on NL25 and then started quickly rebuilding on NL16. Then a little downswing hit and I just lost my mind again over badbeats, bad performance and that just made it all worse.

I thought a lot about it and what I want from poker, why do I play and what should actually be the goals. I turned off cashier, every graph and stats that showed results basically and you can clearly see that around the 80k hand mark. To be honest, I'm still kinda lost, obviously failed every goal I set for this month besides learning and volume, I actually learned a chunky bit and that's really cool. I still plan to record my nl25 sessions and analyze them properly so, just really want to stop playing that huuge volume (100k this month lol), because that's not the point. Well, if now I won't make it to nl100, I pretty much don't know when, because games haven't been softer than this since a long long time. I will probably stick to not looking at my bankroll and check it once a week for example and try to make my way up in the nl25z pool.

Those are the detailed results from this month:



Goal list for May:

• Staying in the nl25z pool[]
• 5evbb/100+[]
• Playing only 2 tables of zoom[]

Bankroll: $1059
Hands: 286699/300000

Graph:



Good luck all and hopefully, I can get back with more good info soon!

Great results, mate! $1059 of bankroll so far is great. GL!

***May Summary ***

Again, probably not really insightful post, just really documenting my journey, which still lasts, even though I often have a lot of downs and tougher moments. I'm really happy with this month results, although I think I could have played even better in the last days or so. Some lack of focus, some looser play, less thinking occured, that's for sure. Anyway, I am slowly gaining confidence, learning as much as I can from every resource there is and trying not to surrender. I was looking at my bankroll only 3 times this month and that happens to help immensely. There are some downsides for it, but in general, it helps me to focus on my decisions and not to force play. I love it and can recommend. Some stats below:

Those are the detailed results from this month:




Also, I met every goal for May that I set for myself which is motivating:

• Staying in the nl25z pool[X]
• 5evbb/100+[X]
• Playing only 2 tables of zoom[X]

Bankroll: $1476
Hands: 327927/300000

As you can see I already achieved hands for this year goal Wasn't that hard of a goal as I first thought...

Graph:




I think I will take a few days break now, some family time, chill, then maybe will try to break the magical barrier of 1.500$ in bankroll and go attack NL50. I don't know if I'm skilled enough, but I will try it for sure. Wish me luck

Incredible results! You have to record a session playing for us!

Let's go!